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  2. Jan 20, 10, 02:17 AM #1
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    Carbon Fiber Fog Light Finishers!

    It struck me last week after I struck it!

    I was driving down the freeway at night and texting (never again!), I look up and see a black trashbag looking thing the size of a crouching person,

    With no time to avoid it, impact was imminent. The resistance was noticeable, sound was bad, and i saw some stuff fly into the air.

    When I got off the freeway I was shocked to see the whole passenger side corner of my car covered with white paint, my corner light hanging by the harness, WW lip off on the corner, my bumper off its mounting points (which are barely functional anyway...) and finally my foglight finisher missing.

    3 hours, 1bottle of simple green, some zip ties, and a lot of detailing later I had the car nearly back to normal condition.

    I was able to pic up a cracked fog light finisher from Chris (thanks for coming through on that so rapidly!)

    And a free sampler sheet (minus shipping) of 8"by4" carbon fiber vinyl for $10 from my new favorite site: carbonfibergear.com

    Here are the results:



















    Happy Modding.

    Denis out-

    And back again... Had extra carbon fiber, the corners were a pit, but well worth it. No way in hell I'm gonna do the front!





    I can't stop wrapping shit...



    Now that's a wrap!
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  4. Jan 20, 10, 05:14 AM #2
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    Sweeet !

    Couple years ago, I dappled a bit with some Carbonfiber foil. Never got around wrapping more complex shapes, as you have done so nicely. How about a how-to on wrapping with foil/fibers ? I would like that !
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  5. Jan 20, 10, 05:38 AM #3
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    I like them. Hopefully it protects them from little rock chips and everything now too.
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    looks good! is that 2:25 AM and you're still up doing CF stuff?
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  7. Jan 20, 10, 12:36 PM #5
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    Nice! Doesn't your dad's friend have a paint shop? Take them there and get him to clear coat them and you'll be golden!

    I like the FOB wrap...I've wrapped my laptop, external HD, shift surround...You should wrap you JDM duals shroud!
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    ^ I like his idea! some clear on the and your good to go
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth Nissan View Post
    Sweeet !

    Couple years ago, I dappled a bit with some Carbonfiber foil. Never got around wrapping more complex shapes, as you have done so nicely. How about a how-to on wrapping with foil/fibers ? I would like that !
    Yeah I can definitely write a how to on this, but what it really comes down to is a glove for 1 hand, a blow dryer, some scissors/exacto, and a lot of patience when it comes to wrapping small things with lots of bends and corners

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    I like them. Hopefully it protects them from little rock chips and everything now too.
    Definitely feels like they got extra protection

    Quote Originally Posted by "G"-sus! View Post
    Nice! Doesn't your dad's friend have a paint shop? Take them there and get him to clear coat them and you'll be golden!

    Sounds like a good idea, I might have to pay him a visit when the weather gets better.

    I like the FOB wrap...I've wrapped my laptop, external HD, shift surround...You should wrap you JDM duals shroud!
    If I had more of that vinyl, I don't thing there are many things that I wouldn't wrap
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    wow.. that turned out GREAT!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helladank View Post
    Yeah I can definitely write a how to on this, but what it really comes down to is a glove for 1 hand, a blow dryer, some scissors/exacto, and a lot of patience when it comes to wrapping small things with lots of bends and corners.
    Well, guess I´ll order some 3M Di-Noc Carbon-stuff come next pay-check, and give it a shot. If I can get results approaching yours, I´ll be well happy. And then I can find a million things to wrap....
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    Ok. So I've never done anything with CF. Could you (or someone) briefly explain the process for applying the CF? Pretty please.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dabrits View Post
    Ok. So I've never done anything with CF. Could you (or someone) briefly explain the process for applying the CF? Pretty please.
    Not really, real CF is a lot more difficult to master than this CF Vinyl stuff. Basically this is just like any other vinyl, stick it on, apply some heat while stretching the corners or hard to get spots, or getting out bubbles, and enjoy the look of CF without the price of CF... capisce?
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    Oh shit that looks tight!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Helladank View Post
    Not really, real CF is a lot more difficult to master than this CF Vinyl stuff. Basically this is just like any other vinyl, stick it on, apply some heat while stretching the corners or hard to get spots, or getting out bubbles, and enjoy the look of CF without the price of CF... capisce?
    Sounds simple enough. I just may have to place an order for some CF vinyl.
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    3m di-noc is the only good stuff
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    If enough ppl are interested I could beat the online prices by getting from my wholesaler...

    Here is some of the things I wrapped (I posted more in my decals thread in sig)...



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    Did you wrap the bottom of the laptop?
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    nah, too much going on with the vents, RAM slot, etc...Thinking about doing the wrist wrest. Just gotta make a template first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by "G"-sus! View Post
    i was thinking about doing that and the trim around the headunit and all that...
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    how much for a trim kit for the shift surround?
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